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Pointed-winged Fly - Lonchoptera

Pointed-winged Fly - Lonchoptera
Lacey (near Olympia), Thurston County, Washington, USA
September 27, 2008

Lonchoptera
is correct.

Pointed-winged fly
Though I have no experience with these, it does look like a pointed-winged fly to me. Everything matches right down to the location where other flies have been ID'd as Lonchoptera. Are we missing something?

Scathophagidae…
This is a dung fly.

See reference here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/87

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